A little over a year ago, I made my first visit to Järna, Sweden, home of the Youth Initiative Program (YIP), a one-year social entrepreneur learning program for 18-25 year olds. As I was preparing to depart, one of the YIPpies stopped by my room to ask me how I felt about my visit. It was then that I spoke the lyrics to what would become the first song I ever wrote when I said, “I feel like I’m packing to leave utopia.”

That was foreshadowing. It wasn’t until my third visit, two weeks ago, that I would really encounter utopia, a glimpse of how the world could be.

http://deborahfrieze.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/spacer.gif00deborahhttp://deborahfrieze.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/spacer.gifdeborah2013-04-16 14:59:382016-11-21 14:05:20Leaving Utopia: A Glimpse of How the World Could Be